лягати

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лꙗгати (ljahati), from the earlier Old Ruthenian лѣгати (lěhati) with the root лѣг- (lěh-) leveled with the nasalized forms: Old Ruthenian лѣчи → лѧже, лѧгѫ, лꙗжъ (lěči → ljaže, ljahu, ljaž), from Old East Slavic лѣгати (lěgati), from Proto-Slavic *lěgati (see *leťi). By surface analysis, лягти́ (ljahtý) +‎ -а́ти (-áty).

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ляга́ти • (ljaháty) impf (perfective лягти́) (intransitive)

1. to lie down (to assume a horizontal position)

   ляга́ти спа́ти ― ljaháty spáty ― to go to bed (literally, “to lie down to sleep”)

   ляга́ти в лі́жко ― ljaháty v lížko ― to lie down in bed, to go to bed

   • 2019, Валентин Северинюк, Популярні українські прислів'я та приказки : тематичний коментований словник , Ternopil: Навчальна книга - Богдан, →ISBN, 1.6. День. Ніч. Сон, page 16:

     з курми́ ляга́й, з пі́внями встава́й

     z kurmý ljaháj, z pívnjamy vstaváj

     go to bed with the chickens

     (literally, “lie down with the chickens, rise with the roosters”)

2. to get down (to duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm)
3. to fall (die in battle)
4. (third person only) to fall (to come down, to drop or descend)
5. (third person only) to fall (to come as if by dropping down)
6. (third person only, road or path) to lie

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лягати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “лягати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “лягати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “лягати”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “лягати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “лягати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “лягати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)